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Do this by enlarging and measuring the pattern along the lines youve drawn. The pattern we will be making is for a semi-bust corset.
Join the cup to the bodice cup opening aligning your bottom cup to the seam of the bodice.
How to alter a corset pattern. SPECIALLY FOR YOU I ADD PDF TRANSCRIPTION OF THIS TUTORIALTO DOWNLOAD IT CLICK HERE. If the corset is to be smaller than the waist take off 2 4 inches to get the size you need the pattern to be. You may need to add a few inches to the waistline to make it fit or take off a few.
Say the pattern above will make a corset with a 24inch waist but I need it to have a 27inch waist so 3 inches bigger. While wearing the corset pinch out and secure un-boned fabric around the bust until you achieve a good fit. Make sure the darts match on both sides of the corset.
I like using binder clips but long traditional pins work as well. You can also test the alteration by removing the corset basting the dart by hand and trying it back on. To take in a corset the professional way where you would never have known it was altered.
You would have to apart the corset completely seam by seam and cut each panel smaller. But there are so many seams in a corset that it would probably take longer to alter a corset than it takes to make one from scratch. Shorten or Lengthen Pattern Determine how much you need to adjust your corset.
For the purpose of this demo I am shortening these stays 1 so I draw another line 1 above the first. Cut along the lower lines. Slide the bottom pattern piece up to match the upper line.
You need to go back to the paper corset pattern transfer your alterations from the mockup of your corset design then work on the altered paper pattern. Ive also recorded a video of the altered corset sewing pattern which you can check out in the video article Drafting Corset Fashion Designs. How To Get Perfect Edges.
Alter the corset pattern. First you need to add the tabs to your corset pattern. Lay your basic Corset Pattern out on a large piece of paper or a cut-apart paper bag.
Trace around the pattern with a pen or pencil and lift it away. Starting at the back center of the new pattern measure down three inches from the waistline and mark this point. The pattern we will be making is for a semi-bust corset.
However you can quite easily alter the pattern for an over bust corset should you need help with that please just send me a message. Depending on how you plan to wear your corset wear something similar to what you intend to wear under it in the future when taking your measurements. Do this by enlarging and measuring the pattern along the lines youve drawn.
Or if youre precise and have a sharp pencil you can do the donkey work on a photocopy of the original and scale up when its mostly there. Be careful though youll need to check all your measurements after scaling up to fine tune it. Measure your chest and waist so you can adjust the measurements.
You want the top of the shirt to fit snugly across your chest and the bottom to tightly hug your waist. How to make a corset top pattern. Cut the pieces of the corset.
After I cut the front piece out I used that piece to cut out the back piece. Part1ChangingAdjusting Corset Patterns - MIXING SIZES - YouTube. Part1ChangingAdjusting Corset Patterns - MIXING SIZES.
Remember even if you dont want the corset to reduce your hips or underbustbust you still need to take width off these areas so that there will be a lacing gap in the back. Corsets seem to work the opposite of most garments. Its better to make them slightly too small than slightly too big.
Making an Elizabethan Bodice Pattern by Drea Leed. Once you have a corset pattern you can easily alter it to make a bodice suitable for most of the 16th centuryThis bodice can be worn over your bodice or it can be worn without a corset underneath to create an Elizabethan silhouette appropriate to middle or lower class women. Then plug x into the picture for each individual pattern pieces measurement.
6x 05 waist measurement2. Once you have x plug it into this picture. 6x 25 underbust measurement2.
Once you have solved for x plug x into this picture. So for my 30 20 30 corset I came up with these measurements. Align your seams as you would notches and place Wonder Clips or small binder clips to hold the self-fabric in place to meet the raw edge of the cup.
Secure that edge with a running stitch 18 from the edge. Join the cup to the bodice cup opening aligning your bottom cup to the seam of the bodice. Corset patterns usually show ½ of the body expecting your left and right halves to be symmetrical.
To find out what the measurements of the pattern are simply add up the width of the pattern pieces at the height you want to measure. Be very careful you do not measure the seam allowance. Add 1-15 to allow for the lacing gap.
If youd like to add a bit of trim such as lace to embellish the top edge of your corset please bring it along. Please bring something to wear that you will be comfortable in when fitting your corset. Trace around the pattern on a piece of paper.
Then slide the pattern down to the desired amount keeping the centre front line straight. Straighten out the bottom edge or keep a gentle curve. Separate the band from the frame again adding the seam allowances along the added side seams.
Since you are only altering the frame and the back band.